Conveying apparatus.



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CONVEYING APPARATUS.

(Application led Sept. 6, 1899.)

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CONVEYING APPARATUS.A

(Application led Sept. 5, 1899.)

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VILLIAM J. IjIASIINS AND THOMAS A. COFFIN, OF NEV YORK, Y.

CONVVEYVINYG` APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part oft Letters Patent No. 654,629, dated July31, 1900.

\ application filed september aisee. serial no. 729,407.` or@ man Y Y T@ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM J. HAsKrNs, a resident of New York, in thecounty of New York, and THOMAS A. COFFIN, a resident of New York, (WestNewBrighton,) in the county of Richmond, State of New York,'citizens ofthe United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inConveying Apparatus, of which the following is a specification. zo It isthe custom with railroads duringthe summer months to haul coal from themines to a convenient locality and there store itas a reserve supply tobe drawn, upon during the winter season. The coal is unloaded from l5the cars and stored in a pile adjacent to the track and when required isloaded onto the cars for delivery. Y Heretofore these unloading andreloading operations have been accomplished by a plurality of conveyingappa- 4:zo ratuses at large labor and expense, and the need has longbeen felt of a conveying apparatus such as our present inventionsupplies which will perform the labor of unloading and loadingexpeditiously and inexpensively.` In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1is a side elevation of our apparatus, partly in section. Fig. 2 is anend elevation at the head of the apparatus. Fig. 3 isan end ele- -vationat the tail of the apparatus. Fig. 4is 3o a detail of the spout-support.

4 1 is the coal-storage heap.

2 and 3 are coal-cars running on the parallel tracks 4 and 5. Betweensaid tracks is the pit 6, into which lead the inclined chutes 7 and 8from beneath the cars 2 and 3, respectively. I

9 is a tower erected above the pit 6 and carrying on top the turn-table10, upon which is supported the supplemental tower 11, carry-` 4o ingthe inner or central end of the horizontal truss 12, the outer end ofwhich is supported on the tail-tower 13, carried by a truck 14, runningon the track 15, which track is outside of the coal-storage heap and ina circle concentric with the center of the turn-table 10.

a is an opening and closing coal-bucket, (shown also in other positionsby the dotted line a', or?, and d3.)

b is the carriage (shown also in another po- 5o sition by the dottedlines b) from which the coal-bucket is suspended and which runs Ifromend to end of the truss 12 on the horithe truss 12, and thence to thefriction-drum 6ow 23 of th'e triple friction-drum engine 24, (theypreferable construction ot' which engine is shown in United StatesPatent No. 541,308, dated June 18, 1895.) The bucket-closing rope'18extends from the bucket over the car- 65 Iriage-sheave 25, around thetail-sheaves 2G and 27, mounted on the truss 12, and to thefriction-drum 28 of said engine 24. The traction-rope 19, being securedat both ends to the carriage Z9', extends around the tail- 7o sheaves 29and 30, mounted on the truss 12,

to and around the friction-drum 31 of said engine 24, around the sheaves32 and 33, and back to the carriage. The engine 24 is placed on top ofthe supplemental tower 11. W'hen 75 the carriage occupies its inwardposition, the bucket-hoisting rope 17is substantially in the center ofoscillation of the turn-table 10.

c is a hopper pivoted to the supplemental tower 11 at 34, which hoppermay be` swung 8o upward into the position c by the tackle 35. When thishopperis in the position o, its discharge-opening is substantiallyconcentric with the center of oscillation of the turn-table 10, withwhich it turns. 8 5

d and d are two spouts, the junction of f which, d2, is provided with areceiving-opening, which in operation coincides with thedischarge-opening of the hopper o. When in operation, the spouts d andd', respectively, 9o :discharge coal into the cars 2 and 3 from thehopper o. When not in operation, the spouts cland cl are shovedlaterally on their support on the tower 9 tothe position shown indottedlines in Fig. 2. A suitable form ofsupport for the spouts on thetower 9, permitting it to be thus shoved laterally, is represented indetail in Fig. 4. f '1;

The operation of the apparatus may be described as follows: A train-loadof coal arrivroo ing on thetrack 4 or 5 will be dumpedth'rough thechiite 7 or Sinto the pit 6. The hopper o and spouts d and d are intheir non-operating positions (shown in dotted lines)andtl1e carriage isin the position b. The operator by removing the friction from thehoistingdrum 23 and from the bucket-closing drum 28 permits the openbucket to drop into the coal, as at c', in a position substantiallyconcentric with the axis of oscillation of the turntable l0. Theoperatorfnow applies the friction to the closingdrum 28, whereby thebucket is closed, with a load of coal contained'y in it. The operatornow applies the friction to the drum 23 and hoists the bucket up intothe tower 11 above the-turn-table.l The operator now applies friction tothe traction-drum 3l, so that (all three drums moving in unison andbeing of substantially-equal dimensions) the carriage, with the loadedbucket hanging therefrom at about the elevation a2, is run outto anydesired distance on the truss 12- as, forexample, to b.

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The operator now re leasesthe friction from drum 3l andlapplies thebrake, thereto and releases the friction from drums 23'and 28 in suchmanner as to permit the bucket to fall tothe position a. He then appliesthe brake to drum 23, while drum 28 continues to pay out and permit thebucket to open and dump its load. Thereafter by the proper operation ofthe drums mits-the open bucket to drop into the coal and closes it. He.then hoists vit to the level a2 and runs the carriage back to theposition b', so that the bucket is in the position shown in dotted linesat a3, Fig. 2, directly over the hopper.` The operator now releases thefriction from drums 3l and 23 and applies the brakes thereto andreleases the friction from drum 28, so that the bucket is permitted toopen and its load falls into the hopper, whence it runs through thespouts d d into the cars 2 and 3. The operator then runs the carriageback to the position b, and the operation is repeated until the cars areloaded.

The bucket is enabled to take coal from or deliver it toV any pointwithin a very large areawithout interfering with the operationabovedescribed or moving any part of the apparatus other than runningthe truck 14, carrying the tail-support, back or forth on the track15,which may extend in a substantiallycomplete, semicircle, so that thestorage-pile covers substantially all of the space bounded by thissemicircle and the track 4. Indeed,

` if desired, the track l5 may be extended across thetracks .'-tandV 5andmay form a corresponding semicircle on the opposite side of track 5,within which a corresponding'pile of coal may be deposited.

By theapparatus above described a single conveying mechanism is enabledto perform the whole work of storing the coal from thc cars andreloading the cars from the storage with sufficient'speed and facilityof manipulation to satisfy the'requirements of the business. Y

We claimt l. In combination, atrack 4, a pit 6, located in position toreceivecoal dumped from a car on said track, a tower above said pit andhaving a clear hoisting-opening above the pit, a pivotalsupportextending laterally from said tower, a trackway uponsaid support,abucketcarriage'upon said trackway, a bucket, and means whereby said bucket maybe hoisted and lowered both within said tower and from said trackway,and means whereby said carriage may be propelled; substantially asdescribed. i

2. In a coal-storing apparatus, in combination, an oscillating tower 11having a hoistingopening within it, a pivotal support 12, connected withsaid tower, a trackway eXtendin g from substantially the center ofoscillation of saidtower out onto saidsup'port, a carriage on saidtrackway, a coal-bucket, a triple friction-drum engine upon saidoscillating tower, a traction-rope connecting one drum with saidcarriage, and a hoisting-rope and closing-rope connecting said otherdrums, respectively,

with said coal-bucket; substantially as described. 3

3. r In a coal-'storing apparatus, in combination, an oscillating tower1l having an axial hoisting-opening extending through its'base, apivotal support 12, connected with said tower, a trackway extending fromsubstantially the center of oscillation of said tower out onto saidsupport, a carriage on said'trackway, a coal-bucket, and means wherebysaid coal-bucket may be hoisted and lowered from said carriagesubstantially in the axis of oscillationvof said tower, and also atother points Aon said trackway; substantially as described.'

4:. In a coal-conveying apparatus, in combination, a stationary tower 9,an oscillating tower 11, mounted thereon and having a centralhoisting-opening, an interposediturn-table 10 having a correspondinghoisting-opening, a pivotal support 12 connected tovswing with saidoscillating tower as a pivot, a trackway on said pivotal support,extending above the opening through said turn-table, a hopper locatedwithin said turn-table,'a spout coperating with said hopper, acoal-bucket, and means whereby said bucket is operated to conveycoalfrom the storage-heap beneath said pivotal support to said hopper;`substantially as described.

5. In a device for handling and storing coal and similar materials, thecombination with atower mounted to turn upon a pivot and hav'- ing acentral hoisting and lowering opening, a receiving-bin beneath saidopening and a carrier-support extending from saidu tower and vmovablewith saidV tower asa pivot, of a hoisting and conveying apparatusmounted IIO upon said tower and carriersupport, and adapted to takematerial from, and to deposit it within both the bin and the spacecovered by said support at will.

6. In a device for handling and storing coal and similar materials, thecombination with a pivoted tower having an axial hoisting-opening, aradial track connected with said tower and movable upon a common pivottherewith, of a receiving-bin beneath said tower, and a hoisting andconveying apparatus comprising a carrier movable receiver and conveyercarried thereby and adapted to be lowered within the tower into saidbin.

7. In a device for handling and storing coal and similar materials, thecombination with a tower mounted to turn upon a pivot and havl ing aclear central hoisting-opening therein; extending through its base, anda radial carriage support adapted to swing with the tower, of a hoistingapparatus mounted upon said tower and radial carriage-support, andadapted to take or deliver material at will either through the axis ofthe tower or from beneath said carriage-support. v

8. In a device for handling and storing coal and similar materials, thecombination with a tower mounted to turn upon a pivot and having a clearcentral hoisting-opening therein, a radial arm adapted to swing with thetower and a traveling support for the outer end of said arm, of ahoisting and conveying apparatus mounted upon said tower and radial armand adapted to take or deliver material at will, either through the axisof the tower vor from beneath said arm.

9. In a device for handling and storing coal and similar materials, thecombination ,with a tower mounted to turn upon apivot and having a clearcentral hoisting-opening therein, a movable hopper and chute adapted tobe placed centrally 'of said tower or to be removed toleave the openingfree, a radial arm adapted to swing with the tower and a travelingsupport for the outer end of said arm, of a hoisting and conveyingapparatus mounted upon said tower and radial arm and adapted to take ordeliver material at will, either through the axis of the tower or frombeneath said arm.

l0. In a device for hoisting and storing coal and similar materials, thecombination with a tower mounted to turn upon a pivot, and having aclear central hoisting-opening therein, a movable hopper and chuteadapted to -be placed centrally of said tower or to be reg moved toleave the hoisting-openingfree, and

a radial carrier-support adapted to swing with the tower, of a hoistingand conveying apparatus mounted upon said tower and radialcarrier-support.

ll. In a device for handling and storing coal and similar materials, thecombination with a tower mounted to turn upon a pivot and having a clearcentral hoisting-opening yon said track, and a coal therein, a hopperhinged to the tower to swing across said hoisting-opening or to one sidethereof, and a radial arm adapted to swing with the tower, of a hoistingand conveying apparatus mounted upon said tower and radial arm, andadapted to take or deliver material at will either through the axis ofthe tower or from beneath said arm.

l2. In a device for handling and storing coal or similar materials, thecombination with a pivoted tower having a central hoisting-openingtherein, a hopper hinged to the tower to swing across saidhoisting-opening .or to one side thereof, chutes slidingly mounted andadapted to be brought beneath the hopper-discharge, or moved to one sideto leave the hoisting-opening clear, and a radial arm adapted to swingwitlrthe tower, of a hoisting and conveying apparatus mounted upon saidtower and radial arm and adapted to take or deliver material at willeither through the axis of the tower or from beneath said arm.

13. In a device for handling and storing coal and similar materials, thecombination with a towercomposed of a fixed base-section and an uppersection mounted to turn upon the base, and a radial carrier-s upportextending from the said upper section and swinging with it, a hoppercarried by the upper secltion and having an axial discharge, and a chutecarried by the xed base and receiving the discharge from the hopper, ofa hoisting and conveying apparatus mounted upon said upper towersectionand swinging carriersupport, and adapted to take material from pointsbeneath said carrier-support and deliver it to said hopper.

14. In a device for handling and storing coal and similar materials, thecombination with a tower composed of a fixed base-section andan uppersection mounted to turn upon the base, and a radial carrier-supportextending from the said upper section and swinging with it, a movablehopper carried by the up- IOO IOS

per section and having an axial discharge and adapted to be moved toleave a free hoist-,

ing-opening within the tower, and a chute carried by the iixed base andadapted to be moved to receive the discharge from the hopper,or to clearthe hoisting-opening, of ahoisting and conveying apparatus mounted uponsaid upper tower-section and swinging carrier-support and adapted totake material from and deliver it to either the tower center or pointsbeneath said carrier-support.

l5. In a device for handling and storing` .coal and similar material,the combination of a tower comprising a iixedlower section and an uppersection mounted to turn thereon, and each having a centralbucket-hoisting opening extending to the bottom of the tower, acarrier-support connectedwith the upper tower-section and extendingradially therefrom to swing over the storage-floor, a trackway extendingalong said carrier-support andiover` the center of the tower, a earrieron saidtrackway, abucket suspended fromsaid carriage, and operatingmechanisms for saidcarriage andl bucket. mounted. in the top vof thepivoted tower-section.

16. In a device for handling and storing coal and ,similar materials,the combination of a tower comprising a fixed lower section and an uppersection mounted to turn there- .mechanisms for said carriage and bucketmounted in the top of the pivoted Vtowerseetion and .movable chutesadapted to receive material discharged within the tower.

17. A hoisting and conveying apparatus, comprising a movableptowerhaving a side extending carrier-support, and a central hoisting-openingextending through fits base, a trackway upon said support and extendingover the tower center, a hoisting and con- Veying deviceV movable onsaid trackway,

and actuating means therefor locatedv in the tower above the trackway.

18.- A hoisting and conveyingapparatus, comprising a tower consistingo-f a fixed basesection and an upper section mounted to turn upon thebase-section, both sections .having a `clear hoisting-opening withinthem, the upper or pivoted tower-section having aside extendingcarrier-support, atrackway upon said support and extending over thetower center, a hoisting and conveying device movable on said trackwayand .actuating means therefor located in the tower above the trackway.

9. A Ahoisting and conveying apparatus, comprising a movable towerhavi'ngaside extending carrier-support, a trackway upon said vsupportand" extending over the tower center, a hoisting and conveying devicemovable on said trackway, actuating means therefor located in the towerabove the trackway, a removable hopper and chute adapted in one positionto receive the material discharged within the tower.

W. J. HASKINS. THOMAS A. COFFIN.

Witnesses:

CHAs. E. ANDERSON, CHARLES J. RATHJEN.

